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This paper is flagging the issue of the impact of Facebook as a lead platform in social media on climate change knowledge and concerns, whilst Facebook provides a source of awareness information; the key issue is misinformation and the drivers behind those responsible for this misinformation.
Facebook is culpable in that it does very little to regulate the information being posted, it allows the right to opinion-ship but lacks credible censorship of sensationalist ideas and content Read more [...]
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Right-wing political groups are on the rise in Australia. This paper examines the role that Web 2.0 technologies and the social networking site Facebook have played in this growth. Facebook’s structure of networked communities facilitates the broad dissemination of sensationalist content, including misinformation and ‘fake news’, creating an effective and relatively unrestricted platform from which right-wing political groups can amplify their Read more [...]
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Digital activism is a prevalent form of political action which takes many forms of practice online. With an online presence on popular social media platforms like Twitter and Facebook, digital activism has encouraged online communities and members of the younger demographics to be involved in expressing political opinion and rallying for social change. While the Internet provides endless amounts of information and credible sources to support boundless political topics, the spread Read more [...]